Trahern's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route in Indian Territory. It was located about 9 miles west of what is now the town of Shadypoint in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. The station was named for Judge James N. Trahern, the stage agent. Trahern was a Choctaw Indian and a long-time county judge for Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation.It is now a church.Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: Wright, Murial H.; George H. Shirk; Kenny A. Franks. Mark of Heritage. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976.Wright, Muriel H. "The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago" , Chronicles of Oklahoma 35:1 (January 1957) 55-71 (accessed August 23, 2006).

Trahern's Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#72001073) on April 25, 1972.

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